Traumatophobia

The fear of war or physical injury.


Ike was absolutely correct, we truly need to beware 'the military-industrial complex.' I had been highly suspicious of the follow statistic - the US has been involved in some form of 'armed military' conflicts 226 out of the 243 years of it's existence. But I've tracked it across a number of different sources, for example 1, 2 & 3, and a consensus seems to be that we are a very war-like nation. So it is very easy to see how the true reason for the holidays is lost in the fog of war -

Today's theme - The holidays during wartime -


The Christmas Truce on the Western Front of 1914 -




Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Connee Boswell with Russ Morgan Orchestra -




Christmas In Korea -




I Want To Come Home For Christmas -



(Marvin Gaye struggled to get the song released as a single for Vietnam troops with Motown. Eighteen years after its recording, the song was reissued on The Marvin Gaye Collection - six years after his death.)


Bob Hope USO Christmas Special from the Persian Gulf -




Christmas in Fallujah   Billy Joel -




Christmas Day from Afghanistan 2017 -




Happy Xmas (War Is Over) -





And so it goes